INQToday: Binay files ethics rap vs Cayetano; CCG, militia ships intercept 2 PCG boats near Ayungin

Here’s a quick roundup of today’s top stories:

Nancy Binay files ethics rap vs Alan Cayetano

Sen. Nancy Binay formally filed on Monday an ethics complaint against Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano for allegedly resorting to name-calling and behaving disorderly during the chamber’s proceedings.

“This is not just about me. Nanay ako. May mga anak ako at alam ko ang mga pinagdaanan ng mga bata noong tinitira niya yung pamilya ko noong 2015 and parang during this time, I cannot let it pass anymore,” Binay told reporters in an ambush interview after she filed the complaint before the Senate panel on ethics.

China Coast Guard, militia vessels intercept 2 PCG boats near Ayungin

A 102-meter-long Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) ship, along with at least six maritime militia vessels, reportedly intercepted two Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) boats near Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.

In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Sunday, West Philippine Sea monitor Ray Powell said two PCG ships were intercepted by CCG and are now passing through 14 nautical miles east of Second Thomas Shoal.

Jobless rate rises to 4.1 percent in May

The country’s unemployment rate in May rose to 4.1 percent as more Filipinos joined the labor market, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Monday.

Preliminary results of the statistics agency’s May round of the Labor Force Survey (LFS) showed the unemployment rate moved at its highest pace in four months compared to the 4 percent in the previous month but still lower than 4.3 percent in May 2023.

5 persons of interest in Geneva Lopez, boyfriend’s slay under custody

Five of the seven persons of interest in the abduction and killing of beauty pageant candidate Geneva Lopez and her Israeli boyfriend Yitshak Cohen are under police custody, according to the Philippine National Police (PNP).

“Lima na po yung nasa custody natin, tatlo arrested for different cases, dalawa po ay surrendered and gave their testimonies and dalawa lang po yung at large,” PNP chief Gen. Rommel Marbil said in a Radyo 630 interview on Monday.